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Power Outages Persist For Millions In Florida, Georgia And Carolinas After Irma

Nearly 3.8 million electricity customers lack power in Florida Wednesday, along with hundreds of thousands more in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Playing pool during a power outage from Hurricane Irma, Lisa Borruso used a headlamp to line up a shot at Gators' Crossroads in Naples, Fla., Monday. Millions of people had their power knocked out by the storm ? and some outages will continue for days. / David Goldman / Shutterstock.com

More than 4 million electricity customers in Florida and other states hit by Hurricane Irma remain without power, complicating efforts to recover from the huge and intense storm. Some areas also lack water service or are under a mandatory boil water order.

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